Acumen Development Partners recently broke ground on the first tri-branded Marriott Hotel. The 470-room, $137 million project, adjacent to the Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn., is scheduled to be completed in 2018. Spending on hotel construction nationwide, which has boomed of late, is expected to level off in 2017, according to AIA's latest Consensus Forecast Panel. Image: Acumen Development Partners

Perkins Eastman was the architect for the new headquarters of the AIGA, the professional association for design, in 17th floor of the Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, New York. The building, designed by Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913, was once the tallest building in the world (792 feet). Photo: James Ewing/Otto.

UC Merced's campus will greatly expand over the next four years, as the state's Board of Regents has approved a design and construction plan that would allow the 11-year-old university to increase its enrollment by nearly 50%. Image: Courtesy UC Merced